instrument

Instrument

A formal or legal written document; a document in writing, such as a deed, lease, bond, contract, or will. A writing that serves as evidence of an individual's right to collect money, such as a check.

instrument

n. 1) a written legal document such as a contract, lease, deed, will or bond. 2) an object used to perform some task or action, ranging from a surgeon's scalpel to any hard thing used in an assault (a blunt instrument).

instrument

INSTRUMENT, contracts. The writing which contains some agreement, and is so
called because it has been prepared as a memorial of what has taken place or
been agreed upon. The agreement and the instrument in which it is contained
are very different things, the latter being only evidence of the existence
of the former. The instrument or form of the contract may be valid, but the
contract itself may be void on account of fraud. Vide Ayl. Parerg. 305;
Dunl. Ad. Pr. 220.

The board, voting unanimously, noted the efficacy of fluoride varnish, the fact that no dental instruments are needed and that at least seven other states permit non-dental providers to apply varnish in making its determination.

The website states: "From about February, 1990, to March, 2006, on occasion, while treating patients, you used dental instruments to clean your fingernails and ears and replaced them on a tray alongside sterilised instruments.

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